Las Vegas, NM – The New Mexico Highlands Board of Regents selected Sam Minner June 29 as the university’s next president. Minner, who was the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Radford University in Virginia, will start at Highlands July 1. “We feel...
Las Vegas, NM – A new literary journal from Highlands University called New Mexico Review is gaining national recognition and was featured recently on a Boston radio station. The segment, “Meet Me in New Mexico,” aired on Internet-based Boston Free Radio on poet...
Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University social work graduate plans to develop a school-based substance abuse prevention program for Latino youth. Marcos Martínez, MSW 2010, recently completely his Ph.D. in social work from Arizona State University and joins the...
Las Vegas, New Mexico – The Highlands University School of Education interim dean Belinda Laumbach retires June 30. Laumbach served as interim dean since January 2013 and was also a longtime School of Education faculty member. During her tenure as interim dean,...
Margaret McKinney/Highlands University Highlands University student Shanice McPherson, a Jamaican, speaks on the student panel at the Diversity Summit at the university June 8 – 9. At the right are Eric Romero, languages and culture professor and panel moderator, and...